Article snippet: Only 70 percent of Democrats say the TV-displayed migration of almost 800,000 men, women, and children into the United States counts as a crisis — and 54 percent of all Democrats say the crisis is caused by the “way migrants are treated” by the federal government. Only eight percent say the crisis is solely caused by the number of migrants, while a further 7 percent blame both the government and the migrant numbers, even as the migrants flood into Americans’ blue-collar neighborhoods, pushing down wages, boosting rents and adding ore chaotic diversity to schools, communities, and politics. In contrast, 35 percent of independents and 65 percent of Republicans solely blame the crisis on the migrants’ numbers. Roughly seven percent of GOP and independent respondents blame both migrant numbers and the government, said the poll of 1,613 respondents, including voters and non-voters. The poll puts some data on the escalating pro-migrant skew in the Democrat Party. But it also shows how that pro-migrant view is held by 32 percent of all respondents, according to the CNN poll. The poll was taken late June 28 to 30, amid much emotional media coverage of the overcrowded border centers. The contrary view — that migrants’ numbers caused the crisis — is backed by just 34 percent of the respondents. The Democrats’ rising support and sympathy for migrants date back to around 2012 when President Barack Obama dragged the party leftward as he announced his “dreamer” amnesty f... Link to the full article to read more